Natur in Gott

Abstract

This contribution analyses Schelling's philosophical theology, which he presented in the first decade of the 19th century, on the background of the debates of the post-Kantian philosophy. The first section traces the positions of Kant, Fichte and Jacobi, which represent the background. In this horizon is drawn in the argument between Jacobi and Schelling and their dispute on the divine things in the second section. The final and third section investigates Schelling's concept of God on the basis of his in 1801 elaborated philosophy of nature. My thesis is that Schelling's contribution to a philosophical theology lies in this natural philosophical foundation of his concept of God.